When Natalie emailed me a few days ago, I asked if I could share her email on the blog as a guest post. Natalie reminds us that it really is about progress, not perfection, and that there is always room to grow. Improvements can always be made, and that life is ...

Recently, Alisha wrote me a beautiful email testimonial to the power of leading by example (which I'm always preaching). Alisha allowed me to repost her email here; I hope you enjoy it and find a little inspiration!

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I think that your approach to plant-based living is so pragmatic and sensible. I have been very happily herbivore for about a year and my favorite benefit to date is the improvement in my athletic performance. I have been running half ...

If you don't already follow @janasooter on Twitter, you should. Over the last few weeks, Jana & I have become Twitter friends — tweeps, as the lingo goes. In fact, I've already told her we could never meet in person because her kids are so dang cute, I worry I might try to steal and adopt them as my own ;)

Anyway, I found Jana by a happy accident. Unbeknownst to me, Jana decided to create a challenge — cook a ...

After reading some of my minimalist posts, Cathy started making changes
in her home and sent in pictures of her progress. She also graciously agreed
to let me share them on this column, along with her commentary.

Cathy says, "I
am enjoying Minimalist Monday and like you, I think I have a bit of
OCD, as it makes me crazy to not know where everything is and my mantra when our two kids were young (they are grown and gone ...